Aida

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Аида in RU Russia, KZ Kazakhstan, KG Kyrgyzstan and 1 more, Ida in SE Sweden, PL Poland, HR Croatia and 1 more, עאידה in IL Israel, FR France and Ида in FI Finland.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 7 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Aida is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• a separate given name27K records spelled Aida7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Spain, Canada

  Also written Aída, Aïda, Aīda, Aidă, Aîda

• Catalan given name16K records spelled Aida3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, Andorra

  Also written Aïda, Aída

• Finnish given name12K records spelled Aida9 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Finland, Hungary, Slovenia, United States

  Languages: Finnish, Hungarian, Estonian

  Also written Aïda, Aidä, Aiďa, Ãida, Aída

• Armenian given name3.1K records spelled Aida6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Armenia, Philippines, Russia

  Also written Aïda, Aídä, Aída, Aîda, Աիդա

• Bangla given name1.2K records spelled Aida5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Malaysia, United States, Philippines, India

  Languages: Bangla, Odia

  Also written আইদা, Aída

55 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Aida is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In English, Synonym of Aida cloth.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Swedish, Aida (Ayda) är ett arabiskt namn som innehåller ett ord med två betydelser: ’besökare’ eller ’återkomst’. I Norden blev namnet först känt genom Giuseppe Verdis opera Aida (med premiär 1871); det började användas här från 1880-talet och framåt.

  as a name·Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon

• In English, opera, Verdi

  as a name·Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

• In French, Forme dérivée d’Adélaïde, du germanique; signifie « noble ».

  as a name·Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

• In German, aus dem Italienischen übernommener weibl. Vom., verselbstständigte Kurzform von Namen, die mit »Aide-« (zu ahd. alt »alt, erfahren« oder ahd. adal »edel, vornehm;

  as a name·DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 141 years between 1881–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Aida de Acostab. 1884USAmerican aviator
• Aida Fahmyb. 1917EGEgyptian feminist
• Aida Stuckib. 1921CHSwiss violinist (1921-2011)
• Aida Turturrob. 1962USAmerican actress
• Aida Touma-Slimanb. 1964ILPalestinian politician, member of Israeli Knesset
• Aida Begicb. 1976BABosnian film director and screenwriter
• Aida Osetb. 1983ESSpanish actress
• Aida Folchb. 1986ESSpanish actress
• Aida Garifullinab. 1987RURussian opera singer
• Aida Hadzialicb. 1987SESwedish politician

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 1,189 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Aida?

We estimate roughly 249 thousand people bear Aida (counting its spellings and scripts) across 14 countries in our records.

In which country does Aida have the most bearers?

Aida is most frequently recorded in Argentina, where it is most often spelled aida.

Where is Aida most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Aida is densest in Sweden — about 1 in 187 people — even though Argentina holds more of our records for it.

How common is Aida compared with other names?

In Argentina, Aida is the 352nd most common given name of 517,176 given names recorded there.

Is Aida a male or female name?

Aida is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Aida mean?

Recorded meaning: Likely Arabic or Latin literary name; origin uncertain.